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Make sure that all doors and windows are closed, no matter where you are.

Alert

Be notified if you forget to close any entrance on your way out

Get notified when your kids are back from school.

Be sure to know if something unexpected happens.

Connect

Connect strips to other Z-Wave™ products and services.

Features

Strips uses a magnetic sensor to sense if a window/door is opened or closed. With Strips in every window and door you get full perimeter protection. With Strips you can easily check that all windows and doors are closed, it alerts you if something unexpected happens and it can be connected with other smart home devices using Z-Wave technology.

Invisible and simple mounting:

The days of drilling and wires are gone! At just under 3 mm, Strips fits invisibly between the door/window and its frame. All you have to do is connect Strips to a Z-Wave gateway, then use the adhesive backing to stick the magnet to the door or window and the sensor to the frame.

Indoor & outdoor usage:

Strips is designed for both indoor and outdoor environments. That means you can use Strips for all your windows & doors, but also to monitor your storage or garage door.

Don’t forget:

With a battery that has a lifespan of up to ten years it's easy to forget about the sensor once it's mounted. But, the sensor keeps track of the remaining power in the battery and will let you know when it’s running low.

Connectivity:

Strips is Z-Wave Plus certified. Z-Wave enables communication between smarthome devices, Strips can talk to you through your smart phone. In order to do this, you will need a Z-Wave gateway to include Strips into your smarthome network.

Z-Wave Plus

The Z-Wave Sensative Strips Door/Window Sensor is Z-Wave Plus Certified. Z-Wave Plus (5th Generation Z-Wave) offers a lot of new features including increased range, extended battery life and Over The Air upgrading (OTA). Take a look at our "What is Z-Wave Plus" guide for more information

Good product. Prompt and follow-up response from Vesternet shows their customer service excellence. After the initial pairing with the Vera Plus Controller, follow the Vesternet’s Application Notes of “Using Sensitive Strips in VERA UI7” in the Resources section of their website for the device parameters setup. Then your Strips started responding to the events.

These little Sensors are a marvel. Picked up by Smartthings without issue and have performed as expected for several months now. They are super stealthy, simply invisible. I have 9 of them on all external doors which are mainly UPVC Metal Framed, not a single missed alert from any of them, the furthest door being ~50m from the hub. I did install the strips on the actual door and the magnet on the frame, that way the strips become more exposed when the door opens which may help with the signal of course. The only thing I have to obviously reserve judgement on is the battery life but if they even last half as long as stated then I will still be more than happy in comparison to some of the external sensors which use pretty expensive (non button) batteries. By the time they do run out hopefully they will have rechargeable ones on the market and I would not hesitate to buy those.
If you are looking for a solution then I highly recommend giving these a try, buy one and test it on your furthest door, trust me, you will come back for more :-)

Well to be fair , it works fine now perfectly with my vera. but note its not in the vera compatibility list of products, hence
i got help from vesternet team, with parameters needed in device setting etc, and also from vera support.
it took few days but in the end its well worth it
ill give 4 stars because i had issues at 1st , and including and excluding was not a smooth ride at all

The sensor looks great and is easy to install. While it might work great on other system, I would not recommend it to be used with the Vera Plus controller. I'm running Firmware: 1.7.2138 on my Vera Plus and could not get this sensor to work. Before you buy this check the compatibility information on the Vera home page. I know that Vesternet has published a hint, how to configure this sensor with Vera systems, but that might be for oder Vera Firmware versions and not for the Version I currently have. My Fibaro (FGK-10x) door and window sensors are running great with Vera Plus. Once again, the Sensative sensor is great if you are not on the Vera plus controller.

Is incredibly easy to set up, especially if you set your z-wave controller to include mode before you remove the magnets from the packaged unit as this sets them to inclusion mode. I've connected them to a Vera Plus and used the Vesternet handy guide to get them working correctly as they are not supported on that controller. So far so good with them although it has only been a couple of weeks. Make sure you keep the round magnet that come with them so that you can wake them up when making configuration changes.

I've installed one to my balcony door. My controller is Vera Edge and doesn't support Sensative Strips out of the box. So you need to make some manual configurations but it's not that hard. Vesternet has a good article about manual configuration. You can search for that.
My Balcony door has recess ledges but I managed to install the strips. You need to test the module before sticking it to the ledge. I used tapes for temporary stick.
It works flawlessly and the sensor is totally invisible. I'll install one to my second balcony door. Thanks to Vesternet and Sensative for this great product.

This is a great design, given the small dimensions. It was easy to pair with my Vera Lite unit, and a little fiddly to configure but I got there in the end; I had to pair/unpair almost 1/2 dozen times before I got it properly configured (as per guide on this sit) and working.
Unfortunately, after fitting the device to my front door, which is only < 20 ft away behind a brick wall, my Vera unit is now reporting that it cannot communicate with the device, and then "ERROR: Unable to get any information on node".
I don't know what to do now as there doesn't appear to be any support offered on the Sensitive website. My Vera unit is rather temperamental to say the least, so not sure where the root of the issue is.

Needless to say, bit tough to evaluate battery life yet so that one will have to wait!
Bought one of these in the sale for my side gate since it claims to be weatherproof. Installation was straight forward and adding to my SmartThings hub v2 was very simple.
It seems to work well so far, the adhesive stuck quite happily to the wood of my gate and once installed it's very nice and discreet.
I'm starting to wish I had picked up a couple more for my doors during the sale, really is nice to have such an unobtrusive sensor. My only gripe would be that it seems a shame to have to throw away such an expensive device just for want of a battery, even if it is in 10 years time... I guess that's the price you pay for style!

After using 3 Fibaro door sensors for a few years, thought I'd give these a whirl and see what they are like.
Followed the instructions and for them included I under a minute from my phone. A lot quicker to include than the Fibaro.
Had to install under the door in my house as this is the only place I could get it to fit (French patio doors) and all is working AOK.
I'd love to find out what the test factors were used for the 10 year battery life. My wife is a smoker and we don't smoke in the house. The door must be opened and closed about 10 times throughout the day and this will test the battery life. With regards signal; the Fibaro HC2 is about 3 meters from the SS so this should help battery life to.
Hope this helps some people.
Regards,
HALLAMNET

After automatic inclusion, I changed the device_file and device_json to D_DoorSensor1.xml. I also changed category_num and subcategory_num to 4 and 1 respectively.
In the options screen, I created parameters 1 and 2 and set them both to be 0. Hopefully, shutting down the LED should help preserve battery life.
I now have a device that looks and acts like a traditional door sensor in the Vera UI.

I've always had problems fitting sensors to upvc external doors because of the angular trim, the sensor and magnet were obvious and unsightly. These strips are just what I needed, hidden and working perfectly with my homeseer system.

These are not designed to be moved, so you only get one shot at fitting them. They're actually quite delicate due to the thinness of the casing and it will crack if you try and prize them off (unfortunately I learnt this the hard way when it failed to work after fitting!). They can also be fiddly to pair with a controller. In my case a SmartThings Hub v2, but got it working in the end and the range is rather impressive - working outside at some distance from the hub.
Tip: spend some time before fitting the device to test placement of magnets - the instructions are poor and it's not immediately obvious where the ideal contact point is on the strip before it sends a close or open command (about an inch from the top in my experience).

This is new innovative design using older Z wave technology. Since it is security related it's particularly important that it incorporated Z wave plus security features, not to mention range and other benefits. At £50 it's expensive and I'll be giving it a miss until price and features become attractive.

These little strip's are great! Battery life I will update you on in about 2-3 years hopefully :) easy installation... Well packaged!
Small gripe! They have to be accurately lined up and the magnets do not like working if placed on metal... Possibly something to do with poles? Reversing? Who knows but yes simple and mess free with a good range as well! In fact range seems to be superior to all Fibaro battery operated devices!

Very good discreet sensor to help secure windows and doors, really like the fact they can be added to an outside gate to monitor those, and the team at sensitive are very helpful, one of my strips had two round magnets and no rectangular magnet meaning I couldn't install as I wanted, I contacted them and they sent me one straight away.

Very good discreet sensor to help secure windows and doors, really like the fact they can be added to an outside gate to monitor those, and the team at sensitive are very helpful, one of my strips had two round magnets and no rectangular magnet meaning I couldn't install as I wanted, I contacted them and they sent me one straight away.

Has anyone managed to pair this with VeraPlus? Have performed pairing as per manual, 'woken' the sensor up as per a guide on here to make the generic device act like a open/close sensor. Then the sensor just doesn't communicate. Appreciate help here.

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Yes, sensor can be used on a metal door, but it should be close to the controller or other z-wave device. stable operation at a distance 80cm. Initial setting of sensor should be close to the z-wave controller.

BEST ANSWER:Yes, sensor can be used on a metal door, but it should be close to the controller or other z-wave device. stable operation at a distance 80cm. Initial setting of sensor should be close to the z-wave controller.

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BEST ANSWER:Hi. I work for Sensative, the developer of Strips.
Any device that communicates using RF can see its signal strength diminished by mounting it on metal. While a metal clad window or door should still provide enough signal to reach the controller in most house hold applications, we don't recommend Strips to be mounted on a solid metal window or door.
To be sure, the best way is to test Strips where you think you want it before mounting it permanently.

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I use one on an external window, the sensor is exposed to the outside temperature and works fine although I imagine it will degrade the battery over the winter months. I cannot speak for its waterproofing but the adhesive on the back is on the pcb to keep it thin so it isnt completely sealed. I personally wouldn't use it on a garden gate for example but it might work if you could mount it so it wasn't directly rained on. Hope this helps.

BEST ANSWER:I use one on an external window, the sensor is exposed to the outside temperature and works fine although I imagine it will degrade the battery over the winter months. I cannot speak for its waterproofing but the adhesive on the back is on the pcb to keep it thin so it isnt completely sealed. I personally wouldn't use it on a garden gate for example but it might work if you could mount it so it wasn't directly rained on. Hope this helps.

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They are not sealed. You can see the circuit board from the back. There's a long adhesive strip covering the back, but definitely not sealed.
I have three of this installed on external doors, but since they're on the door frame, they're protected from the elements.

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The product is advertised for using both indoor as outdoor. Personally I didn't installed it yet in an outdoor environment, but I will do this soon. According the case it should not be a problem. You can't open the device so water should not be a problem, theoretically. The other part is just a magnet.

BEST ANSWER:
Hi
this is Mats from Sensative.
We have seen that some user had problem with Smartthings, while it has worked fine for most users.
The problem is related to timing in the communication between Smartthings GW and Strips and your settings, SW version and number of included devices affects the timing.
We have identified the cause of the problem and managed to make a workaround for it in Strips.
The fix is included in shipments from our factory since this week.
If you have problems. Try first to upgrade your gateway to the latest firmware.
If that does not solve your problem, please contact us. Our mail address can be found at our webpage.
/mats

BEST ANSWER:Hi
this is Mats from Sensative.
We have seen that some user had problem with Smartthings, while it has worked fine for most users.
The problem is related to timing in the communication between Smartthings GW and Strips and your settings, SW version and number of included devices affects the timing.
We have identified the cause of the problem and managed to make a workaround for it in Strips.
The fix is included in shipments from our factory since this week.
If you have problems. Try first to upgrade your gateway to the latest firmware.
If that does not solve your problem, please contact us. Our mail address can be found at our webpage.
/mats

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I've had two from here and neither works with SmartThings. It seems to pair fine as a generic Z-Wave Door/Window Sensor, but it only ever shows 'open'. Once it's included, I cannot exclude it using the method in the manual (SmartThings error says "The wrong device has been removed"). I can also no longer reset it using the method in the manual. I'm talking to Sensative about a solution.
That said, there are people on the SmartThings community forums who have their's working fine. I'm guessing there are some strips out there with a different firmware revision. Luck of the draw maybe.

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As far as we know there is only one firmware version for these devices. It would be best to ask the people successfully using them with ST if they have created a Device Handler for them.
As we understand it, ST needs a device handler for each device. In theory standard Z-Wave devices will include correctly into ST, but unless there is a Device Handler for a device you may not be able to use all its functions, or change configuration settings. Generally, these Device Handlers are created by ST or the ST community and made available from within the Smartapps area.

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Neither of the two people who confirmed them as working are using them with custom device handlers. One community member commented that his first one supplied by you had the same symptoms as mine. His exchange Strip then worked flawlessly.

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For anybody who isn't quite sure after the slightly conflicting answers, they are definitely suitable for external use. Had a reply from the developers which says:
Generally, Strips is weatherproof and thus suitable for outdoor applications. It is designed to withstand normal outdoor climates. The mounted PCB is coated in a moisture protective film before it is placed and sealed in the plastic casing. All components are specified to work between -20 degrees Celsius (-4 F) up to + 60 degrees Celsius (140 F).